To screen for people who were truly interested in him?
"What do you mean?"
Fu Qian's words clearly took Yuan Shan by surprise. But one of her strengths was that she wasn't ashamed to ask questions, so she immediately frowned at him.
"First of all, a super expert like this comes to Shangjing. There's no way the reason he gave was the whole story."
Fu Qian pointed at Xiao Mingyue, who was still dazed.
"If I'm not mistaken, she's a sixth-order?"
"That's right."
Yuan Shan nodded.
"Someone four ranks above her, at the very least. The odds of her seeing through Ariel's disguise are practically zero.
"Have you ever wondered why he'd go out of his way to give her a mental suggestion?"
"You have a point. In fact, if Ariel really is a Second Order, the odds are absolutely zero."
Yuan Shan's voice turned grave.
"There's a much greater gap between high-ranking Transcendents than you might think.
"Normally, anyone of the Third Order or above is considered to possess divinity and can be called a demigod. But the Second Order has another title: God's Envoy. It's an ascension of divinity, and the gap between the two can't be summed up as a mere one-rank difference.
"That's why I have my doubts. There are countless Transcendents in the world, but there aren't that many demigods. Any one of them is powerful enough to support a major organization. And a God's Envoy? That's the sort of being who can unleash a catastrophe."
Hah!
Yuan Shan let out a breath.
"I really don't want someone like that showing up on my turf!"
"I see."
Fu Qian nodded. He'd learned something new today.
He'd tried looking into information about Transcendents before, but once it came to demigods and those above them, there wasn't